The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29


jury objected to there being any inquest at
all y sincere juryman thought it hard that
whenever a Greaser pegged out in IA sneal.in'
kind % way, American citizens should be
taken from their business to find out What
allied him. "S'posc he was killed" said an
other, "thar amt TO time this thirty year no
weren't, 50 to SPEAK, just sufferin' for it, e
his nat'ral right Me.ican-" The jury at
last compromised by bringing iii a verdict Of
homicide against certain parties unknown.
Yet it understood tacitiy that these I'M
known parties wore severally Wies and Pc
dro; Manuel, Miguel and ROscommon prov
ing unmistallablc alibi. Wiles and Pedro
had Fed to Lower California, and Manuel.
Miguel and RoscomInon deemed it advisable
in the then excited state of the public mind, &c
withholdthe forged c3rlieatiol and claim from
the courts and the public comment Sothat for
a year after the murder of Concho and the
flight of his assassins Tho Blue Mass Min
ing Company" remained il undisturbed and
actual possession of the mine, and rcigned in
their stead.
But the spirit of the murdered Concho
would not down any more than that of the
murdered Banquo. and so wrought, no doubt,
in quiet, Concho-like way, sore trouble with
the blue Mass Company For great capt.
talist and master of avarice came down
to the mine and found it fail, and taking one
of the company aside, offered to lend his
name and a certain arao;-It Of coin for a con-
trolling interest, accompanying the generous
offer with a suggestion that if it were not
acceded to he would he compelled to buy up
various Mexican mines and Good the market
To
"Blue Mass Company" which thoughtful suS-
gestion, Offered by man frequently alluded
to as one of "Californas great minin;
princes and as one who had ",!one much to
develop the resources of the state was not
TO be lightly considered; and 50, after "A eau
tious non-consultation with the company, and
commcndable secrecy, tine stakeholder sold
out. Whcrcat it was speedily spread abroad
that the Great Capitalist had taken hold Of
''I}lue Mas" AMI the stock went up, and the
other stockholders rcioiced-until the Great
Capitalist found il was necessary to put up
expensive mills, To employ high salaried
superintendent-in fact, to develop the mine
by spending of its earnings, 50 that the stock
quoted at l l. was finally sad,iled with an as
sessnent of $50 per share. Another assess
ment of $50 to Cnalls tho superintendent to
proceed to Russia and SPIN and examine in
To the workings of tho qui- ssilver mines
there AMI alsoa general COIlmsio To the
gifted AMI - Semitic Pll1 -crnan TO examine
into tho various component parts of quick
silver anil II ,ort if it conll No. be nlanufac-
tured from ordinary sandstone by steam or
electricity. specify broU lat the other stock
holdel-5 to TIA. sslscs = was at this time
the cool FLOW Tom" tho serioas-mindet.
.Dick" and trc sr,cEl,iive hut fortunate
Harry brokers of n, Great Capitalist,
found it convenient to bJg n, Tor the Great
Capitals Aforesaid, tn v0rious other shares
at crcar sgl-r..i g.
fear th;2. ! blv, boz nv readers in thus
giving the ti-rson,, ,,s,.,;.; Of that ingenious
Ancricol ras-iIna MI r,v corntrymen dis
miss in t,;cir irrarl,i Nj yv,,va the .'rrcez-
ing ont nrorcs." And g.. any reader should
question tho ethin, of tlc pruceetIinr. | beg
him to remember th-t one gentleman accom-
plished in til art was e',vn.- = a sincere and
direct opponent OF The t. ur John Oak
hurst, gantir''
But fer once tie Grrat Master Of Avarice
had not taken i,tn sl,H ient account the nv
arice of others, AMI was suddenly and virtu-
orIsly shocked to learn that an application for
patent Cor certain hands, known a. the Red
Rock Rancho was about to be offered be-
fore the Uni1el States land commission.
This claim covered his I>iinin.g property. But
the inforrsa. iol ca-lN CJI.at1- AMI secretly, as
AL OF the Ciryas Sicz = il -orTnatioa was OBJ
tsinld, a.sl Be too's the opportunity t. sell out
hii cloul.ad title and his proprietorship to
the only remaining member of the original
.@Blue Mass company a young fellow of pith,